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",S- J* ?\r 1 '^SS % .i ^ ^ ' N "<$?$ > ***1 ^T"! j "l> * Vf't;>«' "*• * n'^T*-1 *y/w*k-< -in~x*' '"^ ?"** * *'* ** • «v.v «*? r • tfg% K&ihif'^x •* '-* ' r^v*^+^r}-y>&K*z** J | f > , r ; * , < * * • < ; v k J * * m < - r » w $ „ . \e .• \ v. • - i, >* *;. ,. . -«• «- --v r> 'v.jr * :*• *- #. ^. . v.p • - v, i ,i- • - , ̂ ^ ; . x „ - . i . • : * ? $ **********̂ Piddged but to Truth* to Liberty anil Lawf No Favors Win VOL. 17. M'HBNRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1892 K^eirj flaiiiealer. ?s^"v, JPCBi.iaaw> EVSKT WBNRNUT N ,#*Jr. V AN SLTK Vl'r~ ^-|hQfBpB.4VO PKOFEUrtOK. ', y_\. in Bishop's Block, --OPPtWITB PJK8T A OWER'I jf *•««. 6#" 80B3OMPWO*. V* * One Tear (In Advance) <,.«... .fl.50 If Not Paid witliin Three Months.,... . 2.00 Subscription* received for three or six months in the same proportion. * Kates of Advertising, We' anneunce iibvni rates tor advertising • the PLiUSoRAXBB, and endeavor to state Ho*. P«ople of IllinolsWill i' Vote in Future. ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. . •, <%«?« «° <•» i» thi. M. for public C/• llnrhone v«*r ««? . ' excePt for trustees o£ schools,. school directors, members of boards of year 2 Inches one vear 8 Inches one year / " * /; * " » H O o I T i m n o n e y e a r \ ^ ~ 500 10 00 15 00 ur, . " - - -- ^ 30 00 a Column one year. ." *, . r «• » *\ eooti Column one year - - '• '•*• '< •' % •-": -«i 10000 , .» One inch means the measurement of one loco down the column, single column width. T«arly advertisers, at the above rates, have E the privilege of changing as often as they 1.* • choose, without extra charge. '.v Regular advertisers (meaning those having , K etanding cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notices at the rate of 5 cents per line fe;: »» each week. All others will be charged 10 h, , ®ont8 P®r -in® the first week, and 5 cants per •' liilo IUI aaO ii oui>He<l UOT11. WOOS. &},a,. Transient advertisements will be charged ;4£ . at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this is set in) the first issue, and . ;5 cents per line for subsequent issues. Thus, P , j-g*?' »p«»? wil! cost (1.00 for one r * week, (1.60 for two weeks, (8.00 for three K» .weeks, and so on. , ^ i" The PLA.INDKALBR will be liberal in giving Bdltorial notices, but, as a business rule, it V"'ft* W1" require a suitable fee from everybo<iy Iff seeking the use of its columns for peouniary gaiB* L'^.: . ' 1 J" |J 1" 1 Provision Mtade for the Printing and Dis­ tribution of Ballots at Public Expense-- Penalties which Those Who Violate the t*w Will Have to Suffer--«eoreey of the Ballot To Be Enforced. A VT A n-n . -i -~*.k, a i*j proviue lor ititj printing and distribution of ballots at public expense, and for the nomination of candidates for public offices, to regulate the manner of holding elections, and to enforce the secrecy of the ballot. SECTIOST L Be it enacted by the people of thfl state nf TlUnm* wnrMAniMl in th^ general assembly: That "in all elections U?: iiV / • r:"f |';r &v,, BUSINESS CARDS. O J. HOWARD, M. 1). PIIT'ICIVN AND SURGEON. McHenrv, 111 Ofllce at residence, ono black east or Public School Building O. H. FS6BB8* If. D. ' ^ PUTSIOIAN AND SURGEON, MeBsnry Ilia Office at Reeidonce. WM, OSBORNE, M, D. i¥ ^ : T>HY*IOtAN AND SURORQW: Ofltee at • •; L Residence, VTest McHenry, III. Calls promptly attended to day and night. Livertr Stable. II. class rigs with or without drivere t > furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of * all kinds done on short notice. .vV :-'y • ' • i*r •> --: , •„« V. SHEPABD. #. fc. SHEPABD SHEPARO ASHEPARD, AT T O R N K A T L A W . S U I T E are, North-em offi '.s Building, 36 L.aSait» Street Chicago, III. «S ly KNIGHT * BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. Express co.*s Building, 87 and 89 Washington St. CHICAGO, ILL. JOSLYN & UASET. ATTOBNKTS AT LAW, Woodstock 111. Ail business will receive prompt atten­ tion. i O P. BARNES, ATTORN E Y, Solicitor, and Counselor, Collections a specialty. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS ' V. s* LUMLBY. v' * A TTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor In A Ohan»-ery, rSTT: WOODSTOCK, ILL.: Offlce in Park House, lirst floor, : jfrfe'iy. A . M . C H U R C H , Watchmaker and Jeweler NO. One HundredTwenty-Five State St Chi­cago. III. Special attention given tore- pairing Fine watches and Chronometers. «TA rail Assortment of Goods is His line f:v Attention Horsemen! tfOHEirar, 111-, April 1st, 1898, I would respectfully invite the Public'to 'call and examine :n7 stock of Horses before j mnkioK arrangements elsewhere. No busi­ ness dons on Sun<iat. ' ^ ? N. S. COLBY V'-- -- «'mm iix ; * JOHN P. SMITH, Watchmaker «Sc Jewe'er MCHENRY. ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches ana Je v eiry always dli hand. Special^attention given to repairing fins • call . jAhk watches. \Giv® m' P SMITH |"v; • *' • WM. STOFFEL. S„N'. y It ^ j t v - ' - . -- A g t > m f o r -- I , FIRE, - LIGHTNING, ^ i And AsefdeBiUl Inanranoe. f£'J , Also Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, end California Lands. Call on or address i t ' " W M . S T O F F E L , M c H e n r y , . 1 1 . | Quintette Orchestra, if * McHENRY. ILL, ' ' I T • ; 4 • V . ' • ' Art prepared! to famish First CJasg MuMf £'11 to the Dancing Public at Reasonable Rates. ; J, Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madiicu, Clarionet, [.»&:;:C, Ourtis, Comet. L, Owen, Trombone, B, Ingalls, Basso and Prompter, H - Address all conununlcations to Jesry Smith, McHenry. ii ^ --. | . The Police Cazette, I . " ' ' - ' I s t h e n l y i l l u s t r a t e ' p a p e r i n t h e w o r l d *, , ' containing all the latest sensational and ' .J. sporting news No Saloon Keeper, Barber, k'.^i /'or CIuo Room can afford to be without it. It L always makes friends wherever it goes. '<fMailed toiiny address in the Untied States H V securely wrapped, IS weeks for II, • Send Five Cents for sample copy. - A ' ' B I G H A B D X . F O X V >' xSAXKLnrSQ0AHB, Sew York education, officers of road districts in counties not under township organization, the voting shall be by ballots printed and distributed at public expense as herein­ after provided, and no other ballot shall be used. SEC. 2. The printing and delivery of the ballots and cards of instruction to "voters hereinafter described, shall, in municipal elections in cities, villages and incor­ porated towns, be paid for by the several cities, viil&K6s &n.d incorporated towns rs- ' speetively, and in town elections by the town, Snd in all other elections the print­ ing of the ballots and cards of instruction for the voters in each county and th^ de­ livery of them to the several voting cincts and election districts shall be, paid for by the several counties respectively. The term "general election" as used in this act, shall dpply to any election held for the choice of a national, state,, judicial, dis­ trict or county officer, whether for full term or for the filling of a vatiancy. TLa term. ?city election" shall apply to any municipal election held in a city, village, or incorporated town. SEC. & Any convention of delegates, and any caucus or meeting of qualified voters, as hereinafter defined, and individual vo­ ters to the number and in the manner hereinafter specified, may nominate can­ didates for pulilic office, whose names shall be placed upon the ballots to be furnished em hereinafter provided. SEC. 4. Any convention of delegates caucus or meeting representing a political party which at the general election next proceeding polled at least two (2) per cent, of the entire vote cast in the state, or in the electoral district or division thereof, or the municipality for which the nomination is made, may for the state, or for the elect­ oral district or division thereof or munic­ ipality for which the convention, caucus 'or meeting is held, as the case may be, by causing a certificate of nomination to be duly filed, make one such nomination for each office therein to be filled at the elec­ tion. Every such certificate of nomina­ tion shall state such facts as are required in section six (6) of this act, and shall be signed by the presiding^ officer and by the secretary of the convention, caucus or meeting, who shall add to their signatures their places of residence. Such certificates shall be sworn to by them to be true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and a certificate of the oath shall be annexed to the certificate of nomination. SEC. 5. Nominations *>f candidates for any office to be filled by the voters of the state at large may also be made by nomi­ nation papers, signed in the aggregate for each candidate by not less than one thou­ sand (1,000) qualified voters of the state. Nomination of candidates for office within any district or political division less than the state and in all cities having a popula­ tion in excess of 5,000 may be made by nomination papers signed in the aggregate for each candidate by qualified voters of such district or political division not less than one for each fifty persons who voted at the next preceding general election in such district or division, but in no case by Jess than twenty-five (26). In elections to be held in a town, village, precinct or ward, and in all cities with a population not exceeding 5,000, the signature of voters thereof equaling 5 per cent, of the vote cast therein at %he lastpreceeding election shall be sufficient for the nomination of a candi­ date who is to be voted for only in such town, village, precinct or ward or city. Each voter signing a nomination paper shall add to his signature his place of resi­ dence, and each voter may subscribe to one nomination for each office to be filled and no more: Provided, that the name of any candidate whosfe name may appear in any other place upon the ballot shall not be so aHHpH hr TU»f>riAn fn* tKo anevw* nfftAA -- • --- vliivc, tduly nominated under the provisions ot (section six Sfi) of this act die before elec­ tion day, oi decline the nomination, as in this act provided, or should any certificate of nomination be held insufficient or inop­ erative by the officer with whom they may ;be filed, the vacancy or vacancies thus oc­ casioned may be filled by the political |>arl,y or other persons making the origi­ nal nominations, or, if the time is insuf­ ficient therefor, then the vacancy may b6 -filled, if the nomination was by convention or caucus, in such manner as the conven­ tion or caucus had previously provided, or, in crtse of no such previous provision, then by a regularly elected general or executive committee repres anting the political party or persons holding snoh convention, meet­ ing or caucus. The certificates of nomina­ tion made to supply such vacancy shall state, in addition to the other filets re­ quired by section six (6) of this act, tt& name of the original nominee, the date of his death or declination of nomination,, oi the fact that the former nomination has been held insufficient or inoperative, and the measures taken in accordance w ith the above requirements for filling a vacancy, and it shall be signed and sworn to by th« presiding officer and secretary of thfe con­ vention or caucus, or by the chairman add secretary of the duly authorized commit., tee, as the case may be. SEC. 10. The certificates of nomination and nomination papers being so filed and being in apparent conformity with the provisions of this act, shall be deemed to be valid, unless objection thereto is duly made in writing. Such objections or • other questions arising in relation thereto in the case of nomination of state officers shall be considered by the secretary of state and the auditor and attorney cte&- eral, and the decision of a majority of these officers shall* be final. Such objeo tions or questions arising in the case of nominations of officers to be elected by thfl voters of a division less than the state and greater than a county, shall be considered by the county judges of the counties em­ braced in such division, and the decision of a majority of these officers shall be final. Such objections or questions arising in tot case of nominations of candidates foi county officers shall be considered by the county judge, county clerk and state's at­ torney for such county, and the decision of a majority of said officers shall be final. Objections or questions arising in the case of nominations of city, town or village of­ ficers shall be considered by the mayor or president of the board of trustees^and the city, town or village clerk, with whom one alderman or trustee thereof, as the case may be. chosen by lot shall act, and the decision of a majority of such officers shall be final. Such objections arising in the case of nominations of town officers shall be considered by the board of audit ors of such town, and the decision of a majority of such auditors shall be final In any case where such objection is made notice shall forthwith be given to the can­ didates affected thereby, addressed to their places of residence as given in the nomina­ tion papers and staling the time and place when and where such objections will be considered: Provided, that in cities, towns or Villages having a board of election commissioners such questions shall be considered by such board and its decision shall be final. SEC. ii. "when such certificate is filed with the secretary of state he shall, in cer tifying nominations to the various county clerks, insert the name of the person who has been thus nominated to fill a vacancy in place of the original nominee, and in the event that he has already sent forward his certificate, he shall forthwith certify to the clerks of the proper counties the name and description of the person so nominated to fill a vacancy, the office he is nominated for, with the other details mentioned in certificates of nomination filed with the secretary of state, and in cases where such clerk is not charged by tiiis act with the printing of the ballots, he shall immediately certify the name so supplied to the authorities charged with the printing of the ballots. The name so supplied for the vacancy shall, if the bal­ lots are not already printed, be placed on the ballots in place/of the name of the original nominee; -or if the ballots have been printed, new ballots, whenever prac­ ticable, shall be furnished. SEC. 12. Whenever it may not be prac­ ticable to have new ballots printed it shall be the duty of the election officer having charge of the ballots to place the name supplied for the vacancy upon each ballot issued before delivering it to the voter; the name so supplied may be placed upon the ballots either by affixing a paster or by writing or stamping the name on the bal­ lot; and to enable this to be done, the of­ ficer with whom the certificates of nomi­ nation are to be filed shall immediately furnish the name of such substituted nominee to all judges of election within the territory in which such nominee may be a Candida a square shall be pript ed, the sides oi whioh shall not be less than one-fourth of an inch in length. The list of candidates of the several parties and groups of peti­ tioners shall be placed in separate col­ umns on the ballot in such order as t) e authorities charged with the printing ol the ballots shall decide. As nearly as p/acticable *he ballot shall be in the following form: SEC. 6. All certificates of nomination J Sec- 13- Not le8s than fifteen days be- or nomination papers shall, besides con taining the names of candidates, specify as to each: 1. The office to which he is nominated. B. The party or political principal which he represents, expressed in not more than five (5) words. 3. His place of residence, with the street and number thereof, if any. In the case of electors for president and vice-pres­ ident of the United States, the names of the candidates for president and vice-pres­ ident may be added to the party or politi­ cal appellation. SEC. 7. Certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for office to be filled by the elect­ ors of the entire state, or any division or "district greater than a county, shall be filed with the secretary of state at least thirty days previous to the day of election for which the candidates are nominated. All other certificates for the nomination of fore an election to fill any public office the secretary of state shall certify to the county clerk of each county within which any of the electors may by law vote for candidates for such office, the name and description of each person nominated for such office as specified in the certificates of nomination filed with the secretary of state. SEC. 14. The names of all candidates to be voted f<rr in each election distric t or pre­ cinct shall be printed on one ballot; all nominations of any political party or group of petitioners being placed under the party appellation or title of such party or group as designated by them in their certificates of nomination or petitions, or if none be designated, then under some suitable title, and the ballot shall con­ tain no other names, except, that in case of electors for president and vice-president of the United States, the names of the candidates for president and vice-presi- candidates shall be filed with the county dent may be added to the party or polit- clerk of the respective counties at least j designation. If a constitutional thirty days previous to the day of sach ' amendment or other public measure is Salesmen t* se»l our Stock W ANTrnt Salesmen t* sc ifMniLlll choice "ursery All iroo 1 jruarantce<t to lie fir at. I'-itus 6il BS s <lsrt«»sanu e j t r>ens»B, or a liberal ommi pai l. No experience necessary. Writ* S'K, terms giving us, and secure your ehoicl =w isrrUoxv. G- L, KNIGHT A CO, J • * |00 Park A* wane, Boeheser11 election: Provided, that certificates of nomination and nomination papers for the nomination of candidates for the offices in cities, villages and incorporated towns and for town offices in counties under township organizat ion shall be filed with the clerks of the towns, cities, villages and incorpor­ ated towns at least fifteen days previous to the day of such election. SEC. 8. Any jterson whose name has been presented as a candidate may cause his name to be withdrawn from nomin ation by his request in writing signed by him and acknowledged before aa officer quali­ fied to take acknowledgment of deeds, and filed with the secretary of state not less than fifteen (15) days or with the proper clerk not less than eight (8) days previous to the day of election, and no name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the bal­ lots. All certiiieatos of nomination and nomination papers, when filed, shall be open, under the proper regulation, to pub- spection, and the secretary of state Le several clerks having charge ation papers shall preserve ti their respective offices not L x months. a In ca--a candidate who has - * 1 ^ / 'f * p b v # * I . J -f. i'.L^ t *1 ' -is. * W submitted to a vote, such question shall be printed upon the ballot after the list of candidates, und words calculated to aid the voter in his choice of candidates or to answer any question submitted to vote, max be added, such as: "Vote for one," "Vof a for three," "Yes," "No," or the like. On tW back or outside of the ballot, so as to afipear when folded, shall be printed the w\rds, "Official ballot," followed by the designation of the polling place for which vhe ballot is prepared, the date of the election and a fac simile of the signa­ ture of? theclerk or other officer who ha* iaused the ballcHe to ^ printed. The bal­ lots s)iall be of plain whiffe paper, through tvhich the printing or writing cannot be read. The party appellation or title ?jhall be ptinted in capital letters, not lens th&a one fourth of an inch in height and a cir­ cle Oue-half inch in diameter shall be printed at the beginning of the lme in which such appellation or title is printed, rhe h-'imes of candidates shall be prini " letters not less than one-eig than one-fourth of inch at the beginning of each a name of a candidate Is prim ,.r' «(,' V" J, >1* ^ - (And continuing in like manner as to all candidates to be voted for at such elec­ tion.) SEC. 15. For all elections to which this act applies, the county clerks, in their re spective counties, shall have charge of the printing of the ballots for all general elec­ tions, and shall furnish them to the judges of election; the city, town or village clerk shall have charge thereof and furnish them in all city elections, and the town clerk In couutieo under township organiz­ ation shall have charge thereof and fur­ nish the same in all town elections to which this act applies: Provided, that in cities, towns or villages having a board of election commissioners, such board shall have charge of the printing of the ballota and furnish them to the judges of election withiiMhe territory under their jurisdic­ tion. Ballots shall be printed and in pos­ session of the officer charged with their distribution at least two days before the election, and subject to the inspection of candidates and their agents; if any mis takes be discovered they shall be corrected without delay. The officer so charged with the printing of the ballots shall cause to be delivered to the judges of election at the polling place of each precinct or dis­ trict, not less than twelve hours before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls therein, 100 ballots of the kind to be voted in such jfrecinct or dis trict for every fifty votes cast therein at the last preceding election for state ofi cers; such ballots shall be put up in sepa­ rate sealed packages, with marks on the outside clearly designating the polling plaoe for which they are intended, and the number of ballots enclosed, and receipt therefor shall be given by the judges of election to whom they are delivered which receipt shall be preserved by the officer charged with the printing of the ballots. The officer or authorities charged with the printing and distributing of the ballots shall provide and retain at his or their office an ample supply of ballots, in addition to those distributed to the sev eral voting precincts or districts, and if at any time, on or before the day of election, the ballots furnished to any precinct shall be lost, destroyed or exhausted before the polls are closed, on written application signed by a majority of the judges of such precinct or district, or signed and sworn to by one of such judges, he shall imme diately cause to be delivered to such judges, at the polling place, such addi tional supply of ballots as may be re­ quired and sufficient to comply with the provisions of this act. SEC. 16. Whenever a constitutional amendment or other public measure is proposed to be voted upon by the people, •he substance of such amendment or other pubiic measure snaii be ciearly indicated upon the ballot, and two spaces shall be left upon the margin, one for votes fav­ oring the amendment, or public measure, to be designated by the word "yes," and one for votes opposing the amendment or measure, to be designated by tue word no," as in the form herein given: »vrci . EL * -i;:' i • us snd no Pear Shall Awe." Proposed an endment to the constitution giving judges a life term of office and mak ing them appointive. YES. NO. The elector shall designate his vote by a crass mark, thus (x). SEC 17. It may be s' ated in the certifi­ cates of nomination of candidates for rep­ resentatives in the general assembly what number of votes it is desired shall be printed as given to such candidate or candidates, and in such case the ballots shall be so printed. In any case where the certificate of nomination does not so state, theh no number of votes shall be printed on the ballots as to the candidate or candidates named in such certificates. In canvassing the vote for representatives in the general assembly^ if the ballot has been so marked as to indicate that the voter intends to vote for one person only for that office, it shall be counted three votes for that candidate; if it has been so marked as to indicate that the voter in­ tends tovote for two persons for represent­ atives it shall be counted one and one-half votes for each of such candidates, unless otherwise on the ballot expressly stated; and if it has been so marked as to indicate an intention to vote for three persons for such office it shall be counted one vote for each of such candidates, unless otherwise on the ballot expressly stated; and if it has been so marked as to indicate an at­ tempt to vote for more persons for repre­ sentatives than the voter is entitled .to vote for, the votes for representatives on snch ballot shall not be counted. SEC. 18. The officer or officers whose duty it is to have the ballots printed shall prepare full Instructions for the guidance of VQters at each election as to obtaining ballot?, as to the manner of marking them 4Qd the method of gaining assistance to obtaining new ballots in place accidentally spoiled; and they pectively cause the same, together pies of sections twenty-one (31), ' the' two (88), twenty-three (23), twen- back t /-four (94), twenty-five (88), twenty-eight ( A), and twenty-nine (29) of this act, to be printed in large, clear type, on separate cards, to be called cards of instruction; and such officer or officers shall furnish to the judges of election a sufficient number of such cards of instruction to enable the judges of election to comply with the pro­ visions of this act. SEC. 19. The judges of election ski e i .tse not lass than one of such cards to be posted |n cach voting booth provided for • he preparation of ballots, and not Its* t ian four of such cards to be posted in and about the polling places upon the day of election. Judges of election shall, not less than five days prior to an election, cause to l*s conspicuously posted, in five or more public places in their voting pre­ cinct or election district, a card of instruc­ tion and a specimen ballot prin ted on col­ ored paper, containing the names, resi­ dence, and party or political affiliation of all candidates nominated as herein pro­ vided, and to be voted for in such precinct, substantially in the form of the general ballot to be used herein, and they shall likewise cause to be published, prior to the day of election, in at least two news­ papers, if there be so many published in such county, representing the political parties which cast at the preceding election the largest and next largest number of votes, a list of all the nominations made as herein provided and to be voted for at such election, as near as may be, in the form in which they shall appear upon the general ballot. SEC. 20. The judges of election of their respective election precincts or election districts shall have charge of the ballots and furnish them to the voter as herein­ after set forth. SEC. 21. All officers upon whom is im­ posed by law the duty of designing or pro- tiding polling places shal 1 provide in each polling place so designated or nrovided a sufficient number of booths, which shall be provided with such supplies and con­ veniences, including shelves, pens, pen­ holders, ink, blotters and pencils, as will enable the voter to prepare his ballot for voting, and in which voters may prepare their ballots, screened from all observa­ tion as to the manner in which they do so; and a guard rail shall be so constructed and placed that only such persons as are inside said rail can approach within six feet of the ballot box and of such voting booths. The arrangements shall be such that voting booths can only be reached by passing within said guard rail. They shall be within plain view of the election offi­ cers, and both they and the ballot boxes shall be within plain view of those out­ side the guard rail. Each of said booths shall have three sides enclosed, one side in front, to ope-> and shut by a doo# swing- in ̂ outward, or to be closed with a cur- tun. Bach side of each booth-Jfhall be seven feet high, and the door O^teurtain shall extend to within two feet of the floor, which shall be closed while the voter is preparing his ballot; and such booths shall be well lighted. Each booth shall be at least three feet square, and shall contain a shelf at lea< one foot wide, at a conven­ ient height for writing. No person other than the election officers and the chal­ lengers allowed by l>*w, and those ad­ mitted for the purpose of voting as here­ inafter provided, shall be permitted with­ in the guard rail, except by authority of the election officers to keep order and en force the law. The number of such voting booths shall not be less than one to every 100 voters who voted at the last preceding election in the district. The expense of providing booths and guard rails and other things required in this act shall be paid in the same manner as other election expenses. SEC. 22. Any person desiring to vote shall give his name and, if required to do so, his residence, to the judges of election, one of whom shall thereupon announce the same in a loud and distinct tone of voice, dear and audible; and if such name is found on the register of voters by the officer having charge thereof, he shall likewise repeat said name and the voter shall be al­ lowed to enter the space inclosed by the guard rail, as above provided. One of the judges shall give the voter one, and only one, ballot, on the back of which such judge shall indorse his initials in such manner that they may be seen when the ballot is properly folded, and the voter'i name shall be immediately checked on the register list. At all elections, when a registry may be required, if the name of any person so desiring to vote at such election is i> >t found on the register of voters, he shall not receive a ballot until he shall have complied with the law pre­ scribing the manner and conditions of voting by unregistered voters. If any person desiring to vote at any election shall be challenged, he shall not receive a ballot until he shall have established his right to vote in the manner provided by law. Besides the election officer not more than two voters in excess of the whole number of voting booths provided shall be allowed in said inclosed space at one time. SEC. 23. On receipt of this ballot the voter shall forthwith, and without leaving the inclosed space, retire alone to one of the voting booths so provided and shall prepare his ballot by making in the appro­ priate margin or place a cross (X) opposite the name of t he candidate of his choice for each office to be filled, or by writing in the name of the candidate of his choice in a blank space on said ticket, making a cross (X) opposite thereto; and in case of a ques­ tion submitted to the vote of the people, by making iu the appropriate margin or place a cross (X) against the answer he desires to give: Provided, however, if he shall desire to vote for all the candidates of one political party or group of petition­ ers, he may place such mark at the appro­ priate place preceding the appellation or title under which the names of the candi­ dates of such party or group of petitioners are printed, and the ballot so marked shall be counted as cast for all of the can­ didates named under that title: Provided, further, that the voter may place such mark at the appropriate place preceding the appellation or title of one party or group of petitioners and may also mark, at the appropriate place preceding the name or names of one or more candidates printed under the appellation or title of some other party or group of petitioners, and a ballot so marked shall be counted as cast for all the candidates named under the appellation or title which has been so marked, except as to the officers as to which he has placed such mark preceding the name or names of some other candi­ date or candidal es printed under the title of some other party or group of petitioners, and as to such it shall be counted as cast for the candidate or candidates preceding whose name or names such mark may have been placed. Before leaving the voting booth the voter shall fold his bal­ lot in such manner as to conceal the thereon. He shall then vote h in the manner now provided that the number cor- number of the voter on not be indorsed on the He shall mark and de- marks forth by \ z (•: - -, £:t Bfc posit his ballot without undue delay, and shall quit said inclosed space as soon as he has voted. No voter shall be allowed jto occupy a voting booth already occu­ pied by another, nor remain within said inclosed space more than ten minutes, nor to occupy a voting booth more than five minutes in case all of said voting booths are in use and other votes* wiiting to oc­ cupy the same. No voter, not an election officer, shall, after having voted, be al­ lowed to re-enter said inclosed space during said election. No person shall take or remove any ballot from the polling place before the close of the poll. No voter shall vote, or offer to vote, any ballot ex­ cept such as he has received from the judges of election in charge of the ballots. Any voter who shall, by accident or mis­ take, spoil his ballot; may, on returning said spoiled ballot, receive another in place thereof. SEC. 24. Any voter who may declare upon oath that he cannot read the English language, or that by reason of any physi­ cal disability he is unable to mark his bal­ lot shall, upon request, be assisted in marking his ballot, hv two election officers of different political parties, to be selected from the judges and clerks of the precinct in which they are to act, to be designated by the judges of election of each precinct at the opening of the polls. Such officers shall mark the ballot as directed by the voter, and shall thereafter give no infor­ mation regarding the same. The clerks of election shall enter upon the poll lists after the name of any elector who received such assistance in marking his ballot a memorandum of the fact. Intoxication Rhn.ll not hn rsgardsd ss ptysicsl diss- bility; mud. no intoxicated person shall be entitled to assistance in marking his bal­ lot SEC. 25. Any person entitled to vote at a general election in this state shall, on the day of such plw.t.ion. Iwi entitled to ab­ sent himself from any services or employ­ ment in which he is then engaged or em­ ployed for a period of two hours between the time of opening and closing the polls; and such voter shall not because of so absenting himself be liable to any penalty, nor shall any deduction be made on ac­ count of such absence from his usual sal­ ary or wages: Provided, however, that application for such leave of absence shall be made prior to the day of election. The employer may specify the hours during which said employe may absent himself as aforesaid. Any person or corporation who shall refuse to an employe the privilege hereby conferred, or shall subject an em­ ploye to a penalty or deduction of wages because of the exercise of such privilege, or who shall, directly OP indirectly, violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemejuior and be fined in any sum not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than one hundred dollars (1100). SEC. 26, If the voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for any office to b& filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office. No ballot without the official endorsement shall be allowed to be deposited in the bal­ lot box, and none but ballots provided in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be counted. Ballots not counted shall be marked "defective" on the back thereof and ballots to which objection has b -en made by either of the judges or chal- le »seers shall be marked "objected to" on th) back thereof, and a memorandum, s .sued by the judges, stating how it was counted shall be written upon the back, of each ballot so marked, and all ballots marked defective or objected to, shall be enclosed in an envelope securely sealed and so marked and endorsed as to clearly disclose its contents. All ballots not voted and all that have been spoiled by voters while attempting to vote shall be returned by the judges of election to the officer or authorities charged with the printing and distribution of the ballots and a receipt taken therefor, and shall\ be preserved six months; such officer shall keep a record of the number of ballots delivered for each polling place, the name of\ the person to whom and the time when delivered, and he shall also enter upon such record the num­ ber and character of ballots returned, with the time when and to the person by whom they are returned. SEC. 27. When the canvass ot the ballots shall have been completed, as\ now pro­ vided by law, the clerks shall announce to the judges the total number of votes re­ ceived by each candidate; each\ judge of election in turn shall then proclaim in a loud voice the total number of votes re­ ceived by each of the persons votedxfor and the office for which he is designated, and the number of votes for and the number of votes against any proposition which \shall have been submitted to a vote of the\peo- ple; such proposition snail be prima tkcie evidence of the result of such canvasg\of the ballSts. Immediately after maki such proclamation, and before separatin the judges shall fold in two folds, and' string closely upon a single piece of flexi­ ble ijvire, all ballots which have been Counted by them, except those marked "objected to," unite the ends of such wire in a firm knot, seal the knot in such man­ ner that it cannot be untied without break­ ing the seal, enclose the ballots so strung in an envelope and securely tie and seal such envelope with official wax impression seals, to be provided by the judges, in such manner that ;t cannot be opened without breaking the oeals, and return said ballots, together with the package cont aining the ballots marked "defective or objected to," in such sealed package or envelope, to the proper clerk or to the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, and such officer shall carefully preserve said ballots for six months, and at the the ex­ piration of that time shall destroy them by burning without previously opening the package or envelope. Such ballota shall be destroyed in the presence of the official custodian thereof, and two electors of approved integrity and good repute and members respectively of the two leading political parties. The said electors shall be designated by the county judge of the county in which such ballots are kept: Provided, that if any contest of the elec­ tion of any officer voted for at such elec­ tion shall be pending at the expiration ot said time, the said ballots shall not be destroyed until such contest is'finally de­ ter mi ued. In all cases of contested elec­ tions the parties contesting the same shall have the right to have said ballots opened and to have all errors of the judges in counting or refusing to count any ballot corrected by the court or body trying such contest; but such ballots shall be opened only in open court or in open session of such body and in the presence of the officer having the custody thereof. SEC. 28. No person whatever shall do any electioneering or soliciting of votes on election day within any polling place or within one hundred (100) feet of any poll- ing place; no person shall interrupt, h der or oppose any voter while approachi the poiliug place for the purpose of vofci Whoever shall violate the provisions this section shall be punished by a fine 1 *; • W$ •"-i Hot less than twenty-five dollars (SBC) sot more than one hundred dollars ($10(5) for each and every offense; and it shall he the duty of the judges of election to snfoiW the provisions of this section. SEC. 29. Any voter who shall, except aa herein otherwise provided, allow his baUet to be seen by any person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how he jto about to vote, or who shall make a Mtt statement as to his inability to ballot, or any person who shall interfere, or attempt to interfere, with any voter when inside said enclosed space, or when marking his ballot, or who shall endeavor to induce any voter before voting to show how he marks or has mark.*; !>i» shall be punished by & fine of not less than five dollars (15) nor more than one hundred dollars (1100), and it shall ie the duty of the election judges to enforce the provisions of this section. SEC. SO. Any person who shall, prior to an election, willfully destroy or «ttf list of candidates posted in jtccodbncM with the provisions of this act, car who, auriug an election shall willfnlly deface, tear down, remove or destroy any card of instructions or specimen ballot, ?>rinted and pos * for the instruction of voters, or who shall, during an election, willfully remove or destroy any of the supplies or conveniences furnished to enable voters t* prepare their ballot, or shall willfully hea­ der the voting of others, shall be psaitbed by a fine not less than ten dollars (flO) nor more than one hundred dollars SEC. 31. Any person who shall falsely make or willfully destroy any certificate of nomination or nomination papers, or any part thereof, or any letter of with- dra|.T«l, or file any certificate of nomi­ nation or nomination paper, knowing tho same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppress any cer­ tificate of nomination or nosainaUaa paper, or any part thereof, which hni been duly filed, or forge or falsely make the official indorsement on any ballot, or shall take from the poling place any oftr cial ballot, or substitute therefor any spurious or counterfeit ballot, or make, use, circulate, or cause to be made or cir­ culated, as an official ballot, any paper printed in imitation or resemblance thereof, or willfully destroy or deface any ballot, or willfully delay the delivery at any ballots, shall be punished by a fine not less than one hundred ($100) dollars and not exceeding" one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the peni­ tentiary not less than one year and not exceeding five years, or by both such _ and imprisonment. SEC. :<2. Any public officer upon whom * duty is imposed by this act, who willfully neglect to perform such duty, qr who shall willfully perform it in such ^ way as to hinder the object of this act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $1,000, or- by imprison­ ment in the penitentiary for not less thaik one year and not exceeding five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SEC. 83. It shall be the duty of the see* retary of state, with the aid and advice off the attorney general, to cause 1,000 copies of this act to be printed immediately, it' pamphlet form, with all necessary forme and instructions, to assist election officer* to carry it into effect, and to u is tribute the same through the county clerks of tlm ; several counties of the state. SEC. 34. At. all elections to which this act applies, except at elections held in cities, villages and incorporated, towns which have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt the provisions of aft act entitled "An act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the resultis 'thereof in cities, villages and incorporate^, towns," approved June 19, 1885, the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the moro> ing and shall be closed at in the evening - , SEC. 35. A11 acts and parts of acts ineon» sistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed: Provided, that tlila act shall not be construed to repeal an act entitled "An act regulating the holding at elections and declaring the results thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns,* approved June 19, 1885, or any of the amendments thereto; but all elections in cities, villages and incorporated towns which may have heretofore adopted or may hereafter adopt the said act shall be held in accordance with the provisions at the aforesaid act, except as to the maimer of making nominations for office, th* manner of providing, printing and di»> tributing ballots, the form of ballots, th# arrangement and the furnishing of polling places and voting booths, and miming of voting and the numbering and preserv­ ing of ballots, all of which shail be in conformity with the provisions of this act. No penalty provided for violation of any of the provision* , of this act shall be construed as a substitute for or repeal of any penalty provided in the aforesaid acts of June 1% 1885, for a violation of any of the provis­ ions of said »ct. SEC 3K It hall be duty of the bcsH^ of supervisor of eaclflcounty under towia* ship organization, and of the board at?',:- county commissioners in counties not un« der township organization, at their firsi i meeting after the passage of this act, t#";f ^elect two newspapers, one from each of he two political parties casting the greab- e«t number of votes for state treasnrerai f- the election in 1890, in which this law akal|:^ bapublished; Provided, that the pay for suVn publication shall be fixed by sal(| board of supervisors or county commisn < i sioners, but in no case shall it exceed tin K sum of $30 to each newspaper publishing ;»' $ the same. When the board of supervisor# . Jt or county commissioners have selected the* v 1 ?> newspapers in which the law shall be * published, it shall be thedutaMf • county clerk to certify such actioHo tlMh1 » secretary of state, who shall at coee tar* - nish to each of said papers a copy ot SB# ^ ^ law, and upon the receipt of the secretary*5 ™j^ 6t state ota copy of said paper, with an ,̂ affidavit of the publisher or businesA man­ ager that the law was published in eacbt 4/ and every copy of said paper on a certain ^»v« date (which shall not be later than thirty* ! ̂ days after its receipt from the secretary of the state), the secretary of state shall cor- *£& ; tify the amount fixed for the pay-> nient for the publication of this, ,' '4 ; law in said pap^r to the? * auditor of public accounts, who i»hall -< draw his warrant on the treasurer for the \ >',! sums named: Provided, that the non-pub- . lication of tuis law, as herein provided, , . shall not invalidate the law. • I CLAYTON K CRAFTS, • !&£$*;• - -d\ *45 >,? * , .t - - :1 6 '5' ir- V Speaker of the Bonafc «• t-~ v LTMAS li. RAY, President of the SenatSb, Approved Jaee 28,1891. Joseph W FIFM, Govern**. > St. Patrick s Tills are carefully prepared , from the beet material and according to * t Jk the most approved formula, and are the v.«Kj most perfect cathartic and liver pill that ifT: can be produced. We sell them. ti. W. M Beekjy, Druggbrt. " The 8H!»eeriber has a quantity of seed • sale. One years growth trons- mid. Warranted pure and free pal smls. ^w^oa.!